“‘Ko e Meʻa-Hā-Maí’” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá (2016)
“Ko e Meʻa-Hā-Maí,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá
“Ko e Meʻa-Hā-Maí”
Lolotonga ʻena fononga fakahahake ke ngāue fakafaifekau he lolotonga ʻo e kamataʻanga ʻo e faʻahitau failau ʻo e 1832, naʻe afe ai ʻa Samuela H. Sāmita mo ʻOasoni Haiti ke maʻu meʻatokoni efiafi ʻi he ʻapi ʻo ha taha toki ului foʻou ko Linikoni Hasikini. Ko Hasikiní, naʻe nofo ʻi ha feituʻu mamaʻo ki he hihifo ʻo Niu ʻIoké, pea naʻe toki foki mai mei haʻane fononga ki ʻOhaiō, ʻa ia naʻe feʻiloaki ai mo Siosefa Sāmita. Naʻe taimi ʻo e ʻalu ʻa Hasikini ki Ketilani pea mo Hailame ʻi he konga kimui ʻo Fēpuelí naʻe taimi tonu: ʻI ha ngaahi ʻaho siʻi pē kimuʻa ai, naʻe foua ai ʻe he Palōfitá mo Sitenei Likitoni ha meʻa-hā-mai mātuʻaki fakaofo.
“Ngaahi Meʻa Maʻongoʻonga mo Fakaofo”
ʻOku ngalingali naʻe fanongo ʻa Hesikini he meʻa-hā-mai ko ʻení ʻia Siosefa pe ko ha taha ʻo e kau tangata naʻe ʻi ai he taimi naʻe hoko ai ʻi he ʻaho 16 ʻo Fēpuelí ʻi he ʻapi ʻo Sione Sionisoní ʻi Hailamé. Naʻe ʻi ai ʻa Siosefa Sāmita mo Sitenei Likitoni ʻo ngāue ki hono vakaiʻi ʻo e Fuakava Foʻoú. Naʻe “fakamahino” ʻe ha ngaahi fakahā kimuʻa “naʻe lahi ha ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga, fekauʻaki mo e Fakamoʻui ʻo e tangatá, kuo ʻosi toʻo mei he Tohi Tapú.” Fakatatau mo e hisitōlia ʻa Siosefá, naʻe lolotonga fakakaukauʻi ʻe he ongo tangatá ha kupuʻi folofola fekauʻaki mo e Toetuʻú ʻoku maʻu ʻi he Sione 5:29 ʻi he taimi naʻe “ala mai ai ʻa e ʻEikí ki he mata ʻo ʻema ʻiló” peá na siotonu ki he meʻa-hā-maí.
Naʻe manatuʻi ʻe Filo Tīpolo, ko e taha ʻo kinautolu naʻe ʻi aí, “Naʻe ʻikai ha toe pakihi pe ngaue [ha] taha ka ko Siosefa pē mo Sitenei.” “Naʻá ku mamata ki he nāunaú mo ongoʻi ʻa e mālohí, ka naʻe ʻikai ke u sio ki he meʻa-hā-maí.” Naʻe fanongo ʻa Tīpolo mo ha toko 12 kehe ki hono fakamatalaʻi leʻo lahi ʻe Siosefa Sāmita mo Sitenei Likitoni ʻa e meʻa naʻá na mamata ki aí.
Ko e “Meʻa-hā-maí,” ʻo hangē ko hono uí, naʻe ʻi ai ha fakamatala fakaʻāuliliki ʻo e meʻa ʻoku tuʻunuku mai ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻo ka hili ʻa e maté. ʻOkú ne fakamatalaʻi ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga kehekehe ʻo e nāunaú ki ha puleʻanga ʻe tolu ʻa ia ko e tofiʻa ia ki he meimei kotoa ʻo e fānau ʻa e ʻOtuá; mo fakahaaʻi ko e tufakanga ʻo e tautea taʻengatá ʻe hoko ia ko e ikuʻanga ʻo ha niʻihi tokosiʻi pē; pea mo fakamatalaʻi ʻe maʻu ʻe he kau angatonú ʻa e fonu ʻo e Tamaí: “Ko ia ai, ʻo hangē ko ia kuo tohí [ʻoku ʻa e ʻOtuá] kinautolu ko e ngaahi foha ʻo e ʻOtua ko ia ai ko e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ʻanautolu ia.”
Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Hesikini ʻa ene fiefia ʻi he meʻa-hā-mai kāfakafá ni mo ʻene kau fakaafé ʻi he lolotonga ʻo ʻenau ʻaʻahi mai ki hono ʻapí. Naʻe hiki ʻe Samuela Sāmita ʻi heʻene tohinoá ʻo pehē, “Naʻá ne talamai kuó ne ʻosi talanoa mo Siosefa & Sitenei & kuó na mamata ʻi ha meʻa-hā-mai & ha ngaahi meʻa maʻongoʻonga & fakaofo.”
ʻOsi ha ngaahi ʻaho siʻi mei heʻena ʻaʻahi kia Hesikiní, kuo maʻu ʻe he ongo faifekaú “ha faingamālie ke lau ʻa e fakamatala kuo ʻosi hiki ʻo e Mea-hā-maí” ʻi he taimi naʻá na feʻiloaki ai mo Seti pea mo Sioeli Sionisoni, ko ha ongo mēmipa ʻo e Siasí naʻá na ō holo mo ha tatau mahuʻinga naʻe tohinima pē, he lolotonga ʻo ʻena kei ʻi Ketilaní. ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻe he ngaahi fetuʻutakí ni ʻa e fiefia naʻe maʻu ʻe ha niʻihi ʻo e kau fuofua papi uluí ʻi he “Meʻa-hā-maí.” Ka naʻe ʻikai ke vēkeveke tatau ʻa e taha kotoa.
[Tui] Fakalūkufuá
Ko e fakamatala ko ia ki he hili ʻa e maté ʻi he “Meʻa-hā-maí” naʻe faikehekehe lahi ʻaupito ia mo e tui ʻa e meimei Kalisitiane kotoa ʻi he taimi ko iá. Ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e kakaí naʻa nau tui ki ha tui fakalotu pau ʻo ha hēvani mo heli ʻi he maama ka hokó: ko kinautolu ʻoku talangofua ki he ongoongolelei ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí ʻe fakamoʻui, ka ko e kau angahalá ʻe tautea taʻengata. Neongo ia, naʻe kamata ke tokolahi ha niʻihi naʻa nau ongoʻi ʻoku ʻikai ke fenāpasi ʻa e foʻi fakakaukau ko ʻení mo e ngaahi akonaki fakatohitapu kehe ʻo e ʻaloʻofa, fakamaau totonu, pea mo e mālohi ʻo e ʻOtuá ke fakamoʻuí.
Hangē ko ʻení, naʻe ongoʻi faingataʻaʻia ha talavou ko Kēlepi Lisi ʻo e siasi Palotisaní ʻi he taimi naʻe akoʻi ai ʻe heʻene faifekaú ʻe tokosiʻi pē ʻa e kakai ʻe fakahaofi ʻe Kalaisi ʻi heʻene Ngaue ʻi māmaní, ka ko hono ngaahi filí ʻe laulaui miliona.” Naʻe manavasiʻi ʻa Lisi ko hono “[tuʻunga] fakalaumālie ʻoku ngali taʻepau ange ia ʻi ha tikite ʻi ha lulu.” Naʻe fakaiku ʻo ʻikai ke ne tali ʻa e tokāteline ʻa ʻene faifekaú ka ne tali ʻa e meʻa ʻoku ʻiloa ko e Tui Fakalūkufuá (Universalism). Ko hono ʻai mahinó, ʻoku tui ʻa e kau Tui Fakalūkufuá he ʻikai ke tauteaʻi taʻengata ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e kau angahalá ka ʻe fakaiku ʻo fakahaofi ʻa e taha kotoa ʻi he puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá. Naʻe maʻu ʻe he tamai ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá mo ʻene kui tangata ko ʻAsaeli Sāmitá ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau Tui Fakalūkufuá.
Ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e kau tui Faka-Kalisitiané naʻa nau ongoʻi naʻe fuʻu tō ki tuʻa ʻa e Tui Fakalūkufuá, he naʻe toʻo ʻe heʻene akonaki fakalūkufuá ʻa e ʻuhinga kotoa ke tauhi ai ʻa e ngaahi fekau ʻa e ʻOtuá pea ʻe fakaiku ia ki ha moʻui taʻe-totonu mo fakakakano. Ko ha tokolahi ʻo e kau fuofua ului ki he Siasí naʻa nau tui pea mahalo naʻa nau ongoʻi naʻe fakapapauʻi ʻenau fakakaukaú ʻe ha ngaahi kupuʻi folofola he Tohi ʻa Molomoná. Neongo ia, ko e meʻa-hā-mai ko ia ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ki he moʻui ʻi he hili ʻa e maté naʻe hangē ia ki ha niʻihi ʻo e kau ului ko ʻení ʻokú ne taukaveʻi ʻa e ngaahi akonaki ʻo e Tui Fakalūkufuá. Ko hono olá, ko e taimi naʻe kamata ai ʻa e kakai hangē ko Lingikoni Hesikiní mo Sioeli pea mo Seti Sionisoní ke fakamafola ʻa e fakalea ʻo e “Meʻa-hā-maí” ki he ngaahi kolo fakamovetevete ʻo e Siasí, naʻá ne fakatupu ha ngaʻuta.
Naʻe Tūkia ai ha Tokolahi
Naʻe manukiʻi ʻe ha niʻihi taʻe-siasi ʻa e tokāteline naʻe toki fakahā maí. Naʻe fakakata-ʻaki ʻe ha nusipepa faka-Kalisitiane ʻe taha ʻa e “Meʻa-hā-maí” ʻo pehē naʻe feinga ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ke “fakangalikoviʻi ʻa e tui Fakalūkufuá ʻaki ʻene fakamatala … ʻoku fakamoʻui ʻa e kakai kotoa peé.” Ka naʻe fakafili lahi ange ki he Palōfitá ʻa e tōʻonga ʻa ha kau mēmipa ʻe niʻihi ʻo e Siasí.
Naʻe manatuʻi ʻe Pilikihami ʻIongi ʻo pehē, “Ko ha ʻahiʻahi lahi ia ki ha tokolahi.” “Naʻe hē ha niʻihi mei he moʻoní koeʻuhí ko e ʻai ko ia ʻe he ʻOtuá … ha potu ʻe fakamoʻui ai, ʻi hono taimi totonu, ʻa e taha kotoa peé.” Naʻe faingataʻa foki ke tali ʻe ʻIongi ʻa e fakakaukaú: “Naʻe peheni ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻá ku anga ki aí, ko e taimi naʻe fuofua aʻu mai ai ʻa e Meʻa-hā-maí kiate aú, naʻe fehangahangai tonu mo fepaki ia mo e meʻa naʻá ku ako kimuʻá. Naʻá ku pehē, Kiʻi tatali siʻi. Naʻe ʻikai ke u fakafisingaʻi ia; ka naʻe ʻikai ke lava ʻo mahino kiate au.” Naʻe toe pehē foki ʻe hono tehina ko Siosefa ʻIongí, “Naʻe ʻikai ke u lava au ʻo tui ki ai ʻi he kamatá. Ko e hā ka fakamoʻui ai ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa e taha kotoa peé.”
Mahalo ko ha tafihu fakavave pē ki he meʻa naʻe hangē ko ha fakalika ʻo e tui Fakalūkufuá, naʻe ʻikai fakatokangaʻi ai ʻe he kau fuofua mēmipa ʻe niʻihi hono fakaʻofoʻofa mo e lelei ʻo e “Meʻa-hā-maí.” Naʻe tuku atu ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau kilukilua ʻo e tui Fakalūkufuá mo e tui fakalotu fakakuonga muʻá (orthodox), ka ne fokotuʻu mai ko e mamahi ko ia ʻa e kau talangataʻá ʻe fakaiku moʻoni pē ʻo ʻosi ka ʻoku toe fai mai foki ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa e palōmesi ʻo ha ngaahi pale ʻoku ʻikai mafakakaukaua maʻanautolu ʻoku “faivelenga ʻi fakamoʻoni kia Sīsuú.”
Ko ha tokolahi ʻo kinautolu naʻe tūkia ʻi he meʻa-hā-maí ko e meʻa pē naʻa nau fiemaʻú ko ha taimi ke nau fakakaukauʻi ai pe ko ha fakamatala lelei ʻa ha faifekau pe taki fakalaumālie. Naʻe manatuʻi ʻe Siosefa ʻIongi ʻo pehē, “Hili ʻeku lotuʻi pea mo e fakamatalaʻi mai ʻe Siosefá, naʻá ku lava ʻo fakatokangaʻi naʻe ʻikai ko ha palopalema ia ka ko e fakakaukau lelei pē fakataha mo e mālohi ʻo e ʻOtuá.” Ko Pilikihami ʻIongí naʻe pau ke ne “fakakaukauʻi mo lotuʻi, toe lau mo toe fakakaukauʻi, kae ʻoua kuó [ne] ʻiloʻi mo mahino lelei [kiate ia].”
ʻI Mē pe ko Sune nai ʻo e 1832, naʻe fehangahangai ai ʻa e faifekau ko Sione Moatakí mo ha fakafepaki ki he ngaahi fakakaukau ʻi he “Meʻa-hā-maí” lolotonga ʻo ʻene ʻi ʻOuleni, ʻi ʻOhaioó (ofi ki Kilivileni): “Naʻe toki maʻu pē ʻe he kāingalotú ʻa e fakahā ʻoku ui ko e Meʻa-hā-maí & nau tūkia ai.” Naʻe hoko ʻa Moataki ko ha tokotaha fakahinohino fakalaumālie: “Naʻá ku ui kotoa mai kinautolu & fakapapauʻi kiate kinautolu hono moʻoní.”
Naʻe fetaulaki kimui ʻa Moataki mo hono kaungā faifekau ko ʻOasoni Pālati mo Misa Lenitoni ʻi Kenesikou, ʻi Niu ʻIoke, ʻo ne “talaange kiate kinaua ko e meʻa-hā-maí ia mei he Tēvoló.” Naʻe ʻosi fakalotoʻi ʻe Lenitoni ia hono kiʻi koló ke nau fakasītuʻaʻi ʻa e fakahā foʻoú. Naʻe nofo ʻa e ongo faifekaú ʻi he kiʻi koló ʻi ha ngaahi ʻaho siʻi. Naʻe tohi ʻe Moataki ʻo pehē, “Naʻe takimuʻa ʻa Misa ʻOasoni ʻi hono fakamatalaʻi ʻa e meʻa-hā-maí & peá u hoko atu au ki he fakahā kehé & Brother Laimani.” Naʻe vave hono “fakahā ʻe [Lenitoni] ʻoku moʻoni ʻa e meʻa naʻa mau akoʻí.”
Naʻe ʻave ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ha tohi ki he kolo ʻi Kenesió ʻo enginakiʻi kinautolu ke nau tui ki he fakahaá. Naʻá ne fakatokaga, “Kapau ʻoku ʻi ai ha ngaahi fakakikihi, mo e taʻetui ki he ngaahi meʻa toputapu ʻoku [fakahoko] atu ki he kāingalotu ʻi he fakahā, ʻoku mahino leva ʻe mapuna hake ʻa e moveuveú, kia kekevá, meheká, mo e kovi taʻe-faʻa-lauá.”
“Fakalongo Pē”
Naʻe ʻilo ʻe he palōfitá mei he meʻá ni ʻa e fuʻu kei siʻisiʻi e ngaahi fakamoʻoni ʻa ha kau ului tokolahi pea faleʻi ʻa e kau faifekaú ke nau akoʻi e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻo e ongoongoleleí ʻaki hono ʻuluaki ʻoatu e meʻa ʻoku faingofuá pea toki ʻoatu e ʻema ʻoku mamafá (vakai, 1 Kolinitō 3:2). Kimuʻa pea mavahe e kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ki ʻIngilaní, naʻe kole ange ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ke nau “fakalongo pē ʻo fekauʻaki mo e tānakí, ko e meʻa-hā-maí, pea mo e Tohi Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakavá kae ʻoua ke toki aʻu ki ha taimi kuo fokotuʻu kakato ai e ngāué.” Neongo ia, naʻe kiʻi faingataʻa ki ha niʻihi ʻo e kau mēmipá ke pukepuke ʻenau vēkeveke ki he fakahā foʻoú.
Naʻe toe fakaongo atu ʻe Hīpa C. Kimipolo ʻa e faleʻi ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá, mo fakalotolahiʻi hono kaungā faifekaú ke nau fai pau ki he ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni talateu ʻo e ongoongoleleí. Naʻe tokoni foki ʻa Kimipolo ki hono fakaului mai ʻo ha faifekau ko Tīmote Mātiu ʻi Petifooti, ʻIngilani, mo fokotuʻu ha ʻaho ke fai ai hono papitaisó. Ka naʻe ʻi ai ha faifekau ia ʻe taha ko Sione Kutusoni, “naʻe ʻikai ke fai ia ki he faleʻi mo e tuʻutuʻuni lelei ʻa [Kimipoló], pea ʻikai ke ne toe kumi faleʻi mei ha taha, naʻá ne lau ʻe ia ki a Misa Mātiu ʻa e meʻa-hā-maí … ʻo hoko ai ʻene toe holomui.” Naʻe ʻikai ke haʻu ʻa Mātiu ia ki he ʻaho naʻe tonu ke papitaiso aí pea ʻikai pē ke toe kau ia ki he Siasí.
“Naʻe Haʻu Ia mei he ʻOtuá”
Neongo naʻe ʻi ai ha kau mēmipa he kamata mai ʻa e Siasí naʻa nau faingataʻaʻia ke tali ʻa e “Meʻa-hā-maí,” ka naʻe tokolahi pē ha niʻihi ia naʻa nau tali lelei taʻe toe fehuʻia. Naʻe pulusi ia ʻe Uiliami W. Felipisi, ko e tangata fai paaki ʻa e Siasí ʻi Mīsulí, ʻi he makasini pē ʻa e Siasí ko e The Evening and the Morning Star ʻi Siulai 1832, ʻo ui ia “ko e ongoongo lelei taha kuo pulusi ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá.”
Naʻe manatuʻi ʻe Uilifooti Utalafi ʻa ia naʻe kau mai ki he Siasí ʻi he 1833, “ʻI heʻeku lau ʻa e meʻa-hā-maí … naʻá ne fakamaama hoku ʻatamaí mo ʻomi kiate au ha fiefia lahi. Naʻe hā kiate au ko e ʻOtuá [naʻá Ne] fakahā ʻa e tefitoʻi moʻoni ko ʻení ki he tangatá, naʻe poto, angatonu pea mo moʻoní—[naʻá Ne] fakatou maʻu ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungaanga lelei tahá, mo e fakakaukau leleí mo e ʻiló. Naʻá ku ongoʻi ʻoku tatau maʻu ai pē ʻa ʻEne ʻofá, ʻaloʻofá, angatonú mo e fakamaau totonú, pea naʻá ku ongoʻi ke u ʻofa lahi ange ki he ʻEikí ʻo laka hake ʻi ha toe taimi ki muʻa ʻi heʻeku moʻuí.”
Mahalo ko e niʻihi naʻa nau tali ʻa e “Meʻa-hā-maí” naʻe tupunga ia mei heʻenau ngaahi tui fakalotu ʻo e kuohilí. Mahalo ko e niʻihi hangē ko e tamai ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá, naʻa nau tali ʻa e tui fakalotu Fakaemāmani lahí. Neongo ko e meʻa-hā-mai foʻoú naʻe mei faitatau mo e ngaahi fakakaukau mo e tokāteline ʻa e tui Fakaemāmani lahí, ka naʻe kiʻi kehe pē ia mo toe tānaki atu ia ki he ngaahi fakakaukaú ni ʻi ha ngaahi founga foʻou mo tataki fakalaumālie. Naʻe pehē ʻi he aofangatuku ʻo e hisitōlia ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá, “ʻOku ʻikai ha meʻa ʻe toe fakafiefia ange ki he Kāingalotú … ka ko e maama kuo ʻasi fakafokifā mai ki he māmaní, ʻi he meʻa-hā-mai naʻe ʻosi fai e lau ki aí. … Ko e fakaʻofoʻofa ʻo e ngaahi fakakaukaú; ko e haohaoa ʻo e leá; ko e lahi ʻo e ngāué; ko e lōloa ʻo e tatali ke fakakakató, ke lava ʻa e kau ʻea hoko ki he fakamoʻuí ʻo vete ki he ʻEikí pea pelu e tuí; ko e fakapale ki he kau faivelengá & ko e tautea ki he ngaahi angahalá, ʻoku ope atu ia ʻi he mahino ʻa e tangatá, ʻoku taʻofi ai ʻa e tangata kotoa pē ke kaila ʻo pehē; Naʻe maʻu ia mei he ʻOtuá.”